Professional Skills Requirements of IT Professional Practice: Australian IT Graduate Perspectives

摘要

This paper examines the professional work experiences of recent Australian Information Technologygraduates. The aim is to understand and describe the typical professional skill requirementsof IT professional practice, identify graduate perceptions of the practical relevance of theiruniversity courses to the professional skill requirements of their work and to identify the challengesthat graduates face when they commence employment. The research fi ndings, collected from newIT graduates, will provide IT faculties in universities with evidence to support the preparation ofgraduates for professional practice through the development of appropriate curricula. Similarly,the evidence will help IT employers develop transition strategies for new IT graduates.